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Professor Dianne Wiley is recognised as a world-leader in the development of membrane systems for wastewater treatment and other applications, and in the assessment of carbon capture and storage technologies. As Head of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, her current role focuses on guiding the school's overall research program and helping to communicate its results to the research community, industry and the broader public.

"My own research falls into two areas. The first is helping industry and governments to understand how we as a global community can make it possible for affordable, reliable carbon capture and storage technologies to take their proper place in mitigating the huge negative impacts of climate change.

"The second is helping industry to understand at a fundamental level how to design and operate the next generation of membrane systems for different applications, including wastewater treatment, dairy processing and minerals recovery.

"I got involved in both these areas because they were very new at the time, with the potential to have a major effect on the way we reduce environmental impacts globally. As it's turned out, the impact of the development of membranes for water and wastewater treatment has been enormous, and I believe the same will happen with carbon capture and storage. That's what excites me - watching the development of two whole new industries.

"I joined the University of Sydney in 2016, because I want to be at a world-class University. I'm excited by the opportunity to engage with the school's researchers on the big issues facing the world today - energy, water, food, health and 'big data'.

"My role here is to engage with them to envision their research directions, and then stay out of their way while they get on with the research. I then re-engage with them on a regular basis to help understand the results, drive the fundamental interpretation and development of new knowledge and theories, and communicate these to the research community, industry and the broader public."

2013

Collaboration with Tsinghua University and other partners to establish joint R&D programs in the field of CO2 Capture; Webley P, Wiley D, Stevens G; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science/Australia China Science and Research Fund - Joint Research Centres.

Khorshidi, Z., Ho, M., Wiley, D. (2014). The impact of biomass quality and quantity on the performance and economics of co-firing plants with and without CO2 capture. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 21, 191-202. [More Information]

Khorshidi, Z., Ho, M., Wiley, D. (2014). The impact of biomass quality and quantity on the performance and economics of co-firing plants with and without CO2 capture. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 21, 191-202. [More Information]